Dave Van Ronk sings "St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)" at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia during a 1997 concert honoring Harry Smith's 'Anthology of American Folk Music.' This ...
That’s only partially accurate. In the notes to the film’s soundtrack, John Jeremiah Sullivan identifies Van Ronk as “the merchant marine turned jazzman turned country-blues interpreter whose life and ...